End of ADS-L Digest - 22 Feb 1996 to 23 Feb 1996

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There are 5 messages totalling 137 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. etymology: 'negro', 'necro' (2)

 2. Monkey Wards and Kame-apart -Reply (2)

 3. Prepositional complements



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Date:  Sat, 24 Feb 1996 03:59:20 -0800

From:  SETH SKLAREY <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IX.NETCOM.COM>

Subject: etymology: 'negro', 'necro'



question from hel-l



>Return-Path: <hel-l[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ebbs.english.vt.edu>



>I believe 'negro' derives from a Latin root for 'black' and 'necro'

>derives from a Latin root for 'death'. We see 'necrosis' for 'death

>of living tissue' and 'necromancy' for 'divination / magic by use of

>death'. Necrotic tissue is often dark or black as the result of said

>necrosis. Could this be the source of the popular term '"black"

>magic' for some perceived perpetration of evil through magical acts?

>

>Fundamental etymological issue: is there a link between 'necro' and

>'negro'?

>

>Dick

>ddawson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mailbox.syr.edu

>http://web.syr.edu/~ddawson

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